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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Not a good day',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			I apologise for the subpar explanation.
			I&apos;m new to the concepts, so it&apos;ll take me a bit to understand more in-depth.
		</p>
		<p>
			Okay, that makes sense about the $a[IP] over Asynchronous Transfer Mode, though it makes me question what the question on compatibility really meant.
			Thanks for the explanation!
			It sounds like $a[IP] isn&apos;t providing compatibility for these two network types like I discussed, but instead, it&apos;s just a communication technique that can be used over any general-purpose networking protocol.
			And as far as I can tell, Ethernet is only compatible with Ethernet and Asynchronous Transfer Mode is only compatible with Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
		</p>
		<p>
			As for the cat, you can get your own using the <a href="https://peppercarrot.com/extras/html/2016_cat-generator/index.php?seed=Alex+Yst">Pepper&amp;Carrot cat avatar generator</a>, if you like.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="Minetest">
	<h2>Minetest log</h2>
	<p>
		I guess if I use all three generic ideas from yesterday, instead of just two as planned, only one stat continues to have no incentive granted for levelling it up: coral-mining.
		With the basics out of the way, there&apos;s also only one remaining incentive I can think of offhand I&apos;d want to make available as well: warp points.
		I guess warp points&apos;ll be tied to the coral-mining stat them.
		It kind of makes sense to pair this stat to this and this incentive too, if you think about it.
		If you ignore the renewal mechanics I put in place, coral is the hardest stat to level up and requires distant exploration.
		I don&apos;t want warp points to be the easiest thing to acquire, and when you explore distant places, you&apos;re more likely to need them than if you stay in one spot all the time.
	</p>
	<p>
		Or maybe I&apos;ll just reprogram the yellow beds mod from scratch.
		Ugh.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="instinct">
	<h2>Instinct</h2>
	<p>
		Okay, so ... I ended up stumbling upon a short video I really shouldn&apos;t&apos;ve watched because it was nonfree.
		I won&apos;t link to it, as I don&apos;t want to spread it, but it had enough of an effect on me that it warranted discussion.
		It tickled an instinct I didn&apos;t even know I had.
		Apparently, something inside of me fears my family dying off.
		As in ... there being no one to carry on the family $a[DNA].
		I don&apos;t even need to be the one to pass it, as long as a sibling remains to do it for me.
		I mean, how crazy is that?
		My conscious mind of course disagrees.
		To my conscious mind, the thought of all three of us actively deciding to never have children is something I yearn for.
		I&apos;m somewhat disappointed that one of my siblings plans to produce children of their own, even though the other two of have decided not to.
		(That said, either of the other two could change their mind; I&apos;m unsure of their conviction level.)
		What a strange feeling to have living deep inside me though.
		I mean, I guess I see why such a feeling would evolve within our species, but it&apos;s a bit unnerving to have it in here when it&apos;s so juxtaposed to my primary feelings on a matter I feel so strongly about.
	</p>
	<p>
		As a side note, I wonder if this is why my mother acted like she&apos;d been kicked in the teeth when ...
		Oh wait, that&apos;s confidential.
		Anyway, she might wear this feeling closer to her sleeve than I do and is likely much more aware of it, as it doesn&apos;t contradict her main feelings, but reinforces them.
		At present, the only of her children that plan to carry on her seed is the one she&apos;s disowned, and I&apos;m not sure she&apos;s aware he even wants children.
		She may think all her children will refuse to pass on her genetics and instinctively dread this death of her $a[DNA].
	</p>
</section>
<section id="card">
	<h2>Credit card</h2>
	<p>
		My credit card arrived in the mail today.
		However, the website says it&apos;s unable to provide service to me.
		I&apos;m going to need to go have a chat with the bank when I get time.
		Ugh.
		I&apos;ve got <strong>*way*</strong> to much to do already without adding this on top.
		Once everything&apos;s working though, this card account has a nice feature where you can get temporary card numbers for more-secure online purchases.
		It&apos;s just the thing I need for dealing with PayPal&apos;s garbage when sellers don&apos;t offer a non-PayPal method of payment.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="IRA">
	<h2>That idiotic $a[IRA] company</h2>
	<p>
		The $a[IRA] company sent me another notice.
		Again, to the wrong address so I didn&apos;t get it in a timely manner.
		It seems that half a month ago, they tried to let me know that if I don&apos;t opt out, they&apos;ll start taking my money in a month, so no what&apos;s only half a month away.
	</p>
	<p>
		The person in charge of the franchise I work for never did get back to me.
		It seems there were some important complications too, namely htat the $a[IRA] peopel wouldn&apos;t let them update anything at all related to the account.
		I tried to get my boss to give me the person in charge&apos;s work email address, but they refused, instead contacting them on my behalf.
		The response to this contact let me know the issue, but also showed that the person in charge didn&apos;t listen to my actual problem last time.
		They said I&apos;d have to contact the $a[IRA] company myself and get them to update the information, but I made it very clear that the $a[IRA] people are refusing to help me.
	</p>
	<p>
		Since the boss won&apos;t give me their work email address, I&apos;ll just have to reach out to them via the only piece of contact information we have available to employees at the store: their personal mobile telephone number.
		I won&apos;t do it tonight, as it&apos;s late, but I&apos;ll use the email-to-$a[SMS] gateway to reach them tomorrow.
		They got really mad last time someone tried to reach them via that number though, so I guess I&apos;ll see how this plays out.
		It&apos;s not like I have another option.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="driving">
	<h2>Driving instruction</h2>
	<p>
		Today was the day my supposed driving instructor said would begin their available time to teach me, but they haven&apos;t had scheduled shifts today or yesterday.
		I don&apos;t have a shift tomorrow, but I&apos;ll probably head to work to ask them again for their help.
		Of course, they&apos;re either going to cancel on me or put it off again; most likely the latter.
		I&apos;m guessing given the chance they&apos;ll eventually try to postpone it until after April ends, probably a few months down the road when their term ends, at which point I&apos;d have to remind them that my permit doesn&apos;t last that long.
		I don&apos;t have time, and by &quot;postponing&quot; it past the deadline, they&apos;re really calling it off.
		When they try to postpone again tomorrow, I think I&apos;ll call it off and just say it&apos;s clear they&apos;re too busy.
		I&apos;ll let them off the hook.
	</p>
	<p>
		On the off chance they actually <strong>*are*</strong> ready to begin, they&apos;ll likely ask when I have free time available.
		I&apos;ll simply need to remind them that my available free time has come and gone; the my term has begun already.
		I&apos;ll remind them of our past conversation in which I said I&apos;d fit it into my schedule whenever they&apos;re available, even if it means not getting any sleep, and I&apos;ll remind them that in postponing so long, that&apos;s now exactly what&apos;s going to need to happen.
		Of course, that&apos;s not going to happen.
		The chances of them doing anything other than trying to postpone again are astronomically slim.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="inheritance">
	<h2>Inheritance</h2>
	<p>
		One of my neighbours recently lost a loved one.
		I won&apos;t go into details because it&apos;s private, but the lost loved one needs to be mentioned for understanding the next bit: my neighbour has given me some of their old clothing.
		I&apos;m surprised they didn&apos;t want to give it to someone closer to them.
		Maybe it&apos;s because I&apos;ve been lending a listening ear to them lately.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="medicine">
	<h2>Modern medicine</h2>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve spent at least the past fifteen years avoiding unnecessary medications.
		I don&apos;t even take acetaminophen when I have a headache, for example.
		And if you&apos;ve been reading my journal, you know I skipped the pain meds when my teeth were pulled.
		I&apos;ve never thought it valid to treat symptoms instead of problems, and that&apos;s exactly what pain meds do.
		I don&apos;t use bandages or antiseptic, either.
		What&apos;s even the point?
		I&apos;ll heal either way.
	</p>
	<p>
		I guess I&apos;ve been relaxing on that lately though.
		Last time I had a moderate cut, I actually did reach for a solution of hydrogen peroxide and a bandage.
		And the day before yesterday, I had an obnoxious rash from heat and sweat, having been summoned to work as soon as I got home from sweaty errands without even a chance to shower first.
		I got some hydrocortisone to leave on the worst of it overnight.
		It helped quite a bit.
		Modern medicine really is pretty nice, at least for the small stuff.
		There&apos;re too many legal issues tied up in the big stuff.
	</p>
	<p>
		I guess I&apos;ve kind of quit caring about things, and that&apos;s why I&apos;ve given in to the temptation.
		I&apos;ve got way too much stress on my plate.
		That said, hydrogen peroxide sped the healing time; it treated the problem, not the symptom.
		I think the rash cream does the same.
		It&apos;s a big reversal on my past behaviour to indulge in these reliefs, but it&apos;s not contradictory to my underlying thoughts on medicine.
	</p>
</section>
END
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